Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-01-27
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

The Detroit Driving Club, having
withdrawn from the National 1rotting Asso-
citation, has issued call for meeting in Feb
ruary, to form a new association.
Representatives of several packing
houses in Kansas City have made arrange
ments to ship their goods to Europe by way Of
Memphis and New Orleans. Warehouses for
this trade to be constructed in the latter
city by steamship company
A Kansas City special says: "A. X.
Cutting, the Texas editor, is in the city, and
intends to deliver lecture ON his peculiar
experience. He believes that Manning and
Sedgwick were knocked out by an insidious
Mexican drink known as telequa, which has
such effect upon q pilgrim tina. he would
rob a church. Cutting has a divorced wife
living in this city. He says that his flibus-
tering expedition is growing in Importance.
Preston Valentine, colored, who
brutaly killel an aged man, was hanged at
Augusta, Ga. A negro named Abe Chambers
was executed at Newport, Ark, for the muir
der of Jonas Williams, colored
The Senatorial deadlock in Indiana
is unchanged, says an Indianapolis dispatch:
Two ballots We're taken Friday ON the
election OF Senator without any change in the
vote, Turpie receiving 20, Harrison II. and
Allen 4. IL was the intention OF the Democrats
to continue the balloting all day. but when
Republican Senator made a motion for adjourn
ment Speaker Sayre declared it carried on
viva voce vote, regardless OF the demands OF
tho Democrats for call OF the roll. The
Sentinel appeals to the Democratic legis-
lators to remain steadfast in their sup
port Of Turpie until March 8, and II
there a no alaotiOn baf0ra TINT TINA ha will
then be appointed United States Senator
Whatever the result OF the balloting may be-
there will certainly be a contest. viii the Re-
publicans recognize tho election OF Turpie or
any other Democrat as valid2" was asked OF
Senator Huston, Chairman of the Republican
State Central Committee, Friday. by no
means. No Senator chosen by the Democrats
as now comprising the roll will be recognized"
will Speaker Sayre sign the certificate IL Tur-
pie or some other Democrat receives seventy-six
votes including Branneman'sp" HE will not.
SENATOR BROWN offered q resolution in the
Senate, calling on the President for the CORES
pondence with Mexico In regard to the seizure
and sale of the American schooner Rebecca in
the port of Tampico and also that relating to
Minister Jacksons resignation. Senator Sher-
man offered an amendment to the sundry civil
appropriation BILL appropriating $1,000 to put
new fences around the cemeteries in which
Confederate dead are buried near Columbus,
Ohio and on Johnson's Island. Mr.. Colquitt
pTeSonLeu poLlLlOn IIOm lilo NOluuil
Christian Temperance Union OF the Dis
trict OF Columbia, charging the Commits
bling houses and brothels. President Cleve-
land transmitted a letter Offering to the nation
the sword OF Captain Reed, the commander OF
the privateer General Armstrong at the battle
of Fayal A debate OF over threo hours dura-
ton took place ON the British extradition treaty,
which came over from last session, but no &C
ton was taken. The interstate commerce bill
was passed by the House OF Representatives
The vote-2l9 to 41-surprised the friends OF
tho measure, who had estimated the strength
of the opposition ut about sixty But when
members found there was no middle ground,
and that they must vote either for or against
the whole conference report, some OF those who
had been declaiming against the bill wavered
They did not want TO go ON record as against
interstate railroad legislation. After the
Speaker had ruled out all attempts to get a vote
on different sections of the bill or on recommit-
tai, it did not take long for the roll to be called
When the result was made known there was
some applause, and members who have been
for ten years urging national regulation OF rail-
roads were congratulated on tho success that
had at last crowned their efforts. The forty
one votes against the measure were cast by the
following members: Allen (Mass.l, Anderson
Ohio, Bliss, Boutelle, Boyle, Bragg, Brumm,
Campbell (Ohio Caswell, Dibble, Ely, Evans,
FELTON,, Findlay, Frederick, Gay, Gilhllan, Gros-
venor, Hayden, Hill, Johnson IN. W. Kelly,
Ketcham, Libbey, Long, Markham Martin Nc
Kenna, Miller, Morrow. Oates, O'Neill (Pa),
O'Neill Mol Ranney, Reed, Rice, Seymour,
Wadsworth, Wait, Weaver, and White Pa.
large number OF pairs were announced, but
only in the following cases was it stated how
the members in the pairs would have voted:
Messrs Merriman Glass, Snyder Clardy
Wise, and Stone, of Massachusetts,, who
would have voted in the affirmative, were
paired with Messrs Bacon, OHara Han
back. Bingham, Negley. and Davis, who
would have voted in the negative. The
bill provides against discrimination or favor
itism in the transportation Of passengers or
freight; forbids charge for a short haul in ex-
cess OF that made for the full length of the
route makes unlawful the pooling OF freight or
division of earnings; prescribes the publication
of rates, and imposes q maximum fine of 5000
for the violation of any OF these provisions.
There are to be five commissioners appointed
by the President at salaries OF 81, 500 each.